ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its incredible 102nd year, these awards celebrate the very best in advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, experiential and spatial design, photography, illustration and fashion design all with a focus on artistry and craftsmanship.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
The Imaginary Friends Society - Finding Out You Have Cancer
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver
Client: The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
The Imaginary Friends Society - Finding Out You Have Cancer
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver
Client: The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Cryptocurrency
Agency: VICE News / Brooklyn
Client: VICE News Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Celebrations at Mixc World
Agency: KAI / Shenzhen + CRland / Shenzhen + Victo Ngai Studio, Inc. / Los Angeles
Client: Mixc World Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
The Death of Michael Deng
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Der Spiegel covers
Agency: Der Spiegel / Hamburg + Edel Rodriguez Studio / Mt. Tabor
Client: Der Spiegel Category: Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Series
Pierre The Maze Detective The Mystery of the Empire Maze Tower
Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima, Japan + Laurence King Publishing / London, UK
Client: Laurence King Publishing Category: Illustration / Book - Series
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Celebration
Agency: Julien de Preux / Geneva
Client: Geneva Museum of Natural History Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Text Me
Agency: Jun Cen Studio / Rego Park
Client: Wetransfer Category: Illustration / Digital - Series
Penguin Frozen Storybook
Agency: TBWA\Shanghai / Shanghai
Client: Penguin Books Category: Illustration / Book - Single
Get Mesmerized!
Agency: White Rabbit / Budapest
Client: Gastropolis Cooking School Category: Illustration / Digital - Single
Posters for Peace - Video
Agency: Sid Lee / Montreal
Client: Ivanhoé Cambridge Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Mueller's Team
Agency: VICE News / Brooklyn
Client: VICE News Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
In the world of Play-Doh
Agency: DDB / Paris
Client: Hasbro Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Study Opposite Styles
Agency: DENTSU INC. / NAGOYA
Client: Tokai Polytechnic College Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Travel Posters
Agency: FCB / Chicago
Client: Radio Flyer, Inc. Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Room Fifty Posters
Agency: Jordan Awan Illustration / Salem MA
Client: Room Fifty Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
BirdSafe
Agency: Juniper Park\TBWA Communications / Toronto
Client: Flap Canada Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
BirdSafe
Agency: Juniper Park\TBWA Communications / Toronto
Client: Flap Canada Category: Illustration / Digital - Series
Journey of the samovar
Agency: Muhammad Mustafa / Cairo
Client: Al Rewaq Publishing Category: Illustration / Book - Single
A Lite Too Bright
Agency: Harper Collins / New York + Victo Ngai Studio, Inc / Los Angeles
Client: Harper Collins Category: Illustration / Book - Single
What Was She Wearing? (The Reckoning: Women and Power in The Workplace)
Agency: Amber Vittoria / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Paris Climate Agreement
Agency: Eiko Ojala / Tallinn + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Through the day, through the night
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria Studio / Los Angeles
Client: Personal Work Category: Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Light!
Agency: Magoz / Barcelona
Client: magoz Category: Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Trumplandia
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
History of the Internet
Agency: Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + JH Kagaku / Tokyo + TEEMA / Tokyo
Client: Yahoo! JAPAN Category: Illustration / Digital - Single
ChopChop1.0_AtomicBombPig
Agency: Amber China / Shanghai
Client: ASD Ammeloo Chef's Edition Knife series Category: Illustration / Press - Single
The Struggle for Happiness
Agency: Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client: Magoz Blog Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Always Traveling
Agency: Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client: Magoz Blog Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Do You Have a Question? Ask!
Agency: SEAT / Barcelona + C14 / Barcelona
Client: SEAT Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Uber and Waymo
Agency: VICE News / Brooklyn
Client: VICE News Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
History's First Draft Illustration Story
Agency: Vanity Fair / New York
Client: Vanity Fair Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Series
Alternate Realities Exhibition
Agency: Francesco Ciccolella / Vienna
Client: Francesco Ciccolella Category: Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Series
Shibuya City Vision
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + DENTSU EAST JAPAN INC. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER Div. / Tokyo + dish inc. / Tokyo
Client: SHIBUYA CITY Category: Illustration / Promotional / Collateral - Series
Recipes for Good Luck: The Superstitions, Rituals, and Practices of Extraordinary People
Agency: Ellen Weinstein / New York + Chronicle Books / San Francisco
Client: Chronicle Books Category: Illustration / Book - Series
The Space In Between
Agency: The Mix-Place / Shanghai
Client: self promotion Category: Illustration / Self-Promotion - Single
Award:
2018 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver
Client:
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Title:
The Imaginary Friends Society - Finding Out You Have Cancer
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18007G
Award:
2018 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver
Client:
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Title:
The Imaginary Friends Society - Finding Out You Have Cancer
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18007G
Award:
2018 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News
Title:
Cryptocurrency
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18008G
Award:
2018 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
KAI / Shenzhen + CRland / Shenzhen + Victo Ngai Studio, Inc. / Los Angeles
Client:
Mixc World
Title:
Celebrations at Mixc World
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18013S
Award:
2018 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Death of Michael Deng
Category:
Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18005S
Award:
2018 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver
Client:
NPR
Title:
Invisibilia
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18009S
Award:
2018 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News
Title:
North Korea
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18010S
Award:
2018 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Der Spiegel / Hamburg + Edel Rodriguez Studio / Mt. Tabor
Client:
Der Spiegel
Title:
Der Spiegel covers
Category:
Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18006S
Award:
2018 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima, Japan + Laurence King Publishing / London, UK
Client:
Laurence King Publishing
Title:
Pierre The Maze Detective The Mystery of the Empire Maze Tower
Category:
Illustration / Book - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18002S
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18014B
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Julien de Preux / Geneva
Client:
Geneva Museum of Natural History
Title:
Celebration
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18015B
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Jun Cen Studio / Rego Park
Client:
Wetransfer
Title:
Text Me
Category:
Illustration / Digital - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18004B
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Shanghai / Shanghai
Client:
Penguin Books
Title:
Penguin Frozen Storybook
Category:
Illustration / Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18001B
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
White Rabbit / Budapest
Client:
Gastropolis Cooking School
Title:
Get Mesmerized!
Category:
Illustration / Digital - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18003B
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Sid Lee / Montreal
Client:
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Title:
Posters for Peace - Video
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18011B
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News
Title:
Mueller's Team
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18012B
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB / Paris
Client:
Hasbro
Title:
In the world of Play-Doh
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18030M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / NAGOYA
Client:
Tokai Polytechnic College
Title:
Study Opposite Styles
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18031M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago
Client:
Radio Flyer, Inc.
Title:
Travel Posters
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18032M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Jordan Awan Illustration / Salem MA
Client:
Room Fifty
Title:
Room Fifty Posters
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18033M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Juniper Park\TBWA Communications / Toronto
Client:
Flap Canada
Title:
BirdSafe
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18034M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Juniper Park\TBWA Communications / Toronto
Client:
Flap Canada
Title:
BirdSafe
Category:
Illustration / Digital - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18020M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Muhammad Mustafa / Cairo
Client:
Al Rewaq Publishing
Title:
Journey of the samovar
Category:
Illustration / Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18016M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Harper Collins / New York + Victo Ngai Studio, Inc / Los Angeles
Client:
Harper Collins
Title:
A Lite Too Bright
Category:
Illustration / Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18017M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Amber Vittoria / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
What Was She Wearing? (The Reckoning: Women and Power in The Workplace)
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18021M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Eiko Ojala / Tallinn + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Paris Climate Agreement
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18022M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB / Paris
Client:
Hasbro
Title:
In the world of Play-Doh
Category:
Illustration / Press - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18036M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria Studio / Los Angeles
Client:
Personal Work
Title:
Through the day, through the night
Category:
Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18039M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Magoz / Barcelona
Client:
magoz
Title:
Light!
Category:
Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18040M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Trumplandia
Category:
Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18024M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + JH Kagaku / Tokyo + TEEMA / Tokyo
Client:
Yahoo! JAPAN
Title:
History of the Internet
Category:
Illustration / Digital - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18019M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Amber China / Shanghai
Client:
ASD Ammeloo Chef's Edition Knife series
Title:
ChopChop1.0_AtomicBombPig
Category:
Illustration / Press - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18035M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client:
Magoz Blog
Title:
The Struggle for Happiness
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18025M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client:
Magoz Blog
Title:
Always Traveling
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18026M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
SEAT / Barcelona + C14 / Barcelona
Client:
SEAT
Title:
Do You Have a Question? Ask!
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18027M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News
Title:
Uber and Waymo
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18028M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Vanity Fair / New York
Client:
Vanity Fair
Title:
History's First Draft Illustration Story
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18023M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Francesco Ciccolella / Vienna
Client:
Francesco Ciccolella
Title:
Alternate Realities Exhibition
Category:
Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18041M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + DENTSU EAST JAPAN INC. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER Div. / Tokyo + dish inc. / Tokyo
Client:
SHIBUYA CITY
Title:
Shibuya City Vision
Category:
Illustration / Promotional / Collateral - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18037M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Ellen Weinstein / New York + Chronicle Books / San Francisco
Client:
Chronicle Books
Title:
Recipes for Good Luck: The Superstitions, Rituals, and Practices of Extraordinary People
Category:
Illustration / Book - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18018M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The Mix-Place / Shanghai
Client:
self promotion
Title:
The Space In Between
Category:
Illustration / Self-Promotion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18038M